Sorry
no posts for awhile. I was trying to raid the fridge. Ya know I'd not
fall off the desk if mom would just put a shelf across to it from the
cage so I can reach the fridge without touching the scary floor, but no
she likes to make things difficult.

Mom's
been giving me my coconut in Easter Eggs. I have to squeeze them just
right to get them to open. Last night she heard different sounds than
normal so came to investigate. The bottom of the egg had inverted into
the top and blocked access. I solved this issue by poking a hole in the
egg bottom and was licking my treat out through the hole.

Aurora:
The human forgot the no groping rule again and pulled me out of the
washer right before she went to bed and weighed me. How rude! I ran off
to the closet and had some ants then turned back in to finish sleeping.

She said she though it would be a good time to do it as it might get me
up earlier. Uh no 3 hours or so is a perfectly acceptable wake period
long as you take plenty of naps.

However I am pleased to announce I have gained another pound.

Human: You are supposed to be loosing Aurora.

Aurora: What? That's not fair. You always used to say I was skinny. You can't go changing the rules now! So rude.

Aurora
got up last night while I was having evening snuggles with mom but then
when I was done and mom left to finish putting out food and such Aurora
realized mom was still up and retreated back into her box. Guess she
didn't want to risk being grabbed again.

December 25 at 11:50am ·
Not
as big a spread as usual but not all was pictured. I got my egg full of
coconut, some tomatoes a ball of ants, avocado, and some blue cheese,
mom also left a kiwi but I poked it a
couple times and was not interested. And Aurora and I shared a cake of
ground beef as a treat as well. We like the ground beef so much I didn't
even wake mom for treats.

Aurora:
Last night I noticed the human had woken up so I lightly dinged the
bell once and backed off to wait for my treat. The servant says this is a
nice change from Pua's incessantly ringing it as loud as she can till
she finally gets something. I do try to be polite, until you touch me,
then you'll start hearing some choice words.

Busy
night last night. I tried to raid the fridge but it was locked so I
climbed up on top. Mom came and removed the vinegar so I'd not find
anything of interest up there and be discouraged to do it again.

Later mom was having dreams about giving me enrichment to keep me out of
trouble and that I really was going at the box she gave me under the
bed. Then she woke up as Aurora and I spilled out from under the bed
playing.

Aurora is camera shy but mom managed to sneak a couple pictures. Aurora was suspicious of the focus preflash so looked at the camera.

Then we ran across the room and continued the battle on the doorstep.
That's when I found the vinegar! I stuck my claw in the lid then toppled
it over and the lid popped off. The noise sent Aurora running for the
safety of the closet. The noise of her running sent my climbing the log
to my bath area for safety. And then mom had to mop up a half gallon of
vinegar. She wrung some of it out into my bath area so I had a really
good bath later.

Aurora:
big poofy blanket in the washer so was sharing with Pua but it's hard
to share a room with her. So I got up. I checked out my box but had to
make a second circle around the room first before settling in. Yes, this
will do.

Mom
tried a small comforter in Aurora's box instead of the flat blankets or
wool one last night so Aurora was pleased to sleep there today. I
decided to go to the closet nest anyway to sleep so mom took advantage
to hose out the washer. She said it wasn't too bad though since we have
recently been treating it as a pee free zone.

Not sure what changed but Aurora rarely wets her bed any more, she just pees in the closet nest instead once she gets up.

Mom
hung a wet towel on our ladder to help loosen up the grime from our
hands for cleaning. It was dripping onto the washer. Aurora found this
unacceptable and after peeking out to see what the noise was she left
for her quiet box.

I
had to get up and have my supplements this morning and after I got back
Aurora left for the quiet of the box though she popped back out at
first and rang the bell. Mom gave her a treat and changed the blanket in
her box and then Aurora was happy.

So
anteaters are not very visual since they are gathers rather than active
hunters. That makes any enrichment that doesn't involve food hard to
come by. But they are very reactive to sounds so I tried playing this
last night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4uTYXlWCSE&t=8439s
Pua instantly stopped eating her snack to listen for a minute or two
then went back to eating. I left it run for a few hours and it did
effect their behavior. Only saw Pua when she moved around but now a...See More

I
played with mom last night and bugged her for snacks. Then I got moody
and cried, maybe because there wasn't enough treats or I heard
something, I'm not telling. So mom put on my rain forest sounds and that
helped. So I tried to raid the fridge and tossed things on the floor.
Aurora hadn't gotten up yet so mom turned the sounds off later and
Aurora got up and ate eventually. I'm sure Aurora would prefer country
music all night instead.

I
took the time change seriously and got up at 10:30 last night, instead
of after midnight. Aurora got up not long after. Then I was up late
eating food till a bit after 9am.

Aurora got up in the morning
and rang the bell for a treat. Last time she did that mom gave her a
treat and changed her blanket this time Aurora just got her treat. Well
when she got back to her box she wasn't happy so came back out and sat
on the shelf above mom grooming herself. Soon as she saw mom had changed
the blanket she came running back down into her box.

I slept in the closet yesterday and woke up late but I still woke mom for treats once I was up.

November 8 ·
I
had a great fall walk today. It was a bit cool for an anteater so I
wore my sexy shirt but it's not as sexy as it claims as it made me look
like I have love handles.

I took it easy and sniffed lots of trees. A couple trains went by and
those are so scary. I wanted to hide in the old tube thing but did not
want my bag. I got tired and turned back but made the most of it and
explored on the way back.

I got so tired I kept trying to find a
place to sleep but kept refusing my bag. I was just tired but it was fun
so I didn't want to go home just nap in a burrow but none were big
enough. I finally got so exhausted that I lay down next to a tree.

Then mom shoved me in my carry bag against my will! I squirmed and
clawed the whole time she carried me till she let me out. So I then ran
happily to show her I wasn't so tired but that didn't last long. I
curled up to nap soon as I got in the car. Mom started to carry me in
the house but I got down and walked myself. After a groom on the shelf I
went back into the washer.

After a brief rest I realized my tail was still sticking out and pulled it in with me.

So some photos, the first aren't the best but they get much better and help show the story.

Pua
gets up and has a vinegar bath then stops to have her supplements so
Aurora comes out and see's the bridge is gone so I go to change put it
down, "I didn't know you'd be getting up now", so Pua crosses the bridge
while Aurora runs off to avoid me and goes the long way. So Pua will
have the closet and Aurora will have the box today. ~ Pua's mommy

I
was tired from my walk last night so just snuggled with mom but tonight
we played and snuggled and I had some of Aurora's cocktail since she
wasn't drinking it.

Aurora: yes I was.

Well, you needed help to finish it.

November 11 ·
Aurora:
Pua came and stole half my ants last night. She rarely even eats the
ants anymore, she's all about the coconut, but if I have some she always
steals. But she later tried to make it up to me by taking me on a fridge raid but we couldn't get it open.

So we chased and wrestled each other around the room and under the bed
and battled on the stairs. Then I lead her into the fennec cage to
continue the play fight. She was nervous about going in there but I
convinced her.

She climbed up onto the shelf to fight down at me,
then... I ran away and left her there and she got confused and took
awhile to find her way back out. "ha, ha, got you back"

I
was snuggling with mom and dozing when I felt ants crawling all over my
tail! I sat up suddenly so excited and sniffed all over my tail but
could find no trace of them. I sniffed more and sniffed mom's hands in
case she took them, sniffed the hammock, sniffed my belly, sniffed all
around and sniffed my tail lots more.

Mom: Sorry my hair brushed against your tail when I leaned forward.

No I felt ants! They must be here somewhere, sniff sniff sniff

Mom: no really it was just my hair.

Well that was a mean trick but I'll finish snuggling with you anyway, but, are you sure Sniff, Sniff.

Aurora
has the washer so I took the closet nest. I was all sprawled out
sleeping when mom came along. She snuggled me and then started trimming
my toenails! I tried to ignore her at first but then she got annoying
and I curled up so she only got one foot done. I guess I'll be lopsided
tonight but a girl needs her beauty sleep.

Since
mom had to thaw ground beef to make food she left it out last night in
our dinning area. Such a special treat I didn’t wake mom at all for
treats last night. She did get up once and while up gave Aurora some
ants and a bit of coconut for me so I tried ringing the bell for more
but she ignored me.

Aurora:
Pua was moody last night and I didn't want to share the washer with her
but I was not pleased with the blanket in my box. It was quite the feat
but I managed to pull the blanket out of the hole in the box, around
the corner out from under the bed, over into the closet, up the closet
shelves and deposit it in the poop catcher. There that's what I think of
this blanket.
However my servant was sleeping on the job and did not see this till morning so I sat in an empty box.
So she opens up the box and I'm expecting a treat but she has a blanket
instead so I had to run in case she was trying to catch me with it. I
paced around for awhile and was given a treat. I did look in the box a
couple times but felt settling there would be risky now so I made due
with the closet.

Well Pua had heard I got a treat and got up for one too then joined me in the closet.
Everything has worked out the opposite of what I had planned.

We
haven't been using the play hammock since mom put the cage topper on as
it hangs too low and touched the cage topper. So mom finally put a
smaller hammock up. Aurora immediately took advantage of it by peeing in
it. I don't think that's what mom had in mind Aurora.